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1. Glyn Moody

   Another Billion-dollar #OpenSource Company: #Instagram - let's hope they remember their #freesw friends...

   about a year ago from web at London, England, United Kingdom
   • Sander

     @glynmoody That does put things in perspective.

     about a year ago
   • Sander

     @glynmoody RH a big enterprise company with lots of code. Compared to Instagram with a crapy phone app and very little code.

     about a year ago
   • Glyn Moody

     sure, they're different kinds of open source companies, but OSS was still critical to their success

     about a year ago
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     Evan Prodromou

     I really hate this argument. It's like saying that if you have your headquarters in a building, you're a construction company.

     about a year ago
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     Evan Prodromou Evan Prodromou

     @glynmoody second, it's such a stretch that it makes it sound like there aren't any *real* Open Source companies out there.

     about a year ago
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     Evan Prodromou Evan Prodromou

     @glynmoody Instagram is no more an Open Source software company than it is an electricity company.

     about a year ago
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   • Daniel E. Renfer Evan Prodromou

     Where is the line? Does the end product have to be OS? What if they actively send back patches?

     about a year ago
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     Evan Prodromou Daniel E. Renfer

     @duck1123 Product has to based on Open Source. Can be proprietary fork. See http://ope.nu/p/7 for reference.

     about a year ago
   • Alexandre Oliva Evan Prodromou

     ♻ @evan: @glynmoody Instagram is no more an Open Source software company than it is an electricity company.

     about a year ago